Multiracial mutual aid efforts help Chinatown senior citizens

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A multiracial coalition of activists and grassroots groups have come together to organize solidarity rallies, mutual aid campaigns, and public safety initiatives that support Asian Americans and illuminate the systemic violence that afflict all minorities

, a group founded by Latino activist Jacob Azevedo, has more than 300 volunteers to escort fearful elders on walks and errands around the neighborhood.started by Eda Yu and Myles Thompson, both Asian and Black creatives, raised more than $150,000 for eight Asian American advocacy groups, including Stop AAPI Hate and APIENC, a nonprofit that empowers the Asian LGBTQ community in Northern California.

“Our priority is to support Asian-led organizations who know their communities best,” said Rachel Kirkwood, digital organizing manager at Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice , a nonprofit that works to end mass incarceration and youth criminalization. To foster more interracial interaction, CURYJ is hoping to bring more Black and brown youths into efforts to protect older Asian Americans. For an upcoming initiative from the citizen group Asians With Attitudes, CURYJ’s co-founder has been supporting a team of formerly incarcerated young men who are preparing to patrol Chinatown and Little Saigon.

 

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Who has been attacking Asian Americans? The same people who burned their stores during the LA Riots

Can we start a boycott? We are not 'minorities'. We are anything but. It's a pejorative term that implies white superiority. It needs to be retired, as has been negro, Indian, and oriental. You can just say ‘non-whites’

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